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calendric

calendric

1 8.8
Relating to calendars or how people measure time
  • adjective
  • /kəˈlɛndrɪk/
  • Specialized
: calendárico
  • Many cultures have unique calendric traditions that mark the changing of seasons.

Examples

  • Diverse calendric strategies complement the spatial layout of agriculture in Paucartambo.

    Academic text (1991)
  • The school year is planned according to a calendric system that outlines all important dates.

  • Carnival has its calendric humor, has it not, Francisco?

    Fiction book (1997)
  • Acute seasonality in the scarcity of labor calls for close attention to its calendric scheduling.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Moreover, they are built on complex calendric systems analogous to those of neighboring regions (Gade 1975; Camino Recharte, and Bidegaray 1981).

    Academic text (1991)
  • The oppositional qualities of these two visions are joined in their apocalyptic yearning for the end, a yearning to leave behind calendric time—to step outside of time itself.

    Academic text (2018)
  • There appeared to be no calendric timing for the planting of yams in Yenigo, though Kaberry (1941:346) says that the people of Kalabu associated the rising of the Pleiades with planting.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The calendric calculations used by ancient civilizations help us understand their historical timelines.

Synonyms

chronometric
vscalendric
  • Specialized
2 8.0

Relating to measuring time, for example in clocks or timers

focuses on calendar use and dates rather than measurement devices
calendrical
vscalendric
  • Specialized
1 8.4

Relating to the way people measure and arrange days, weeks, or months

has identical meaning but is an alternative adjective form

Surface Forms

calendric positive

Morphology

calendric = calendar (transparent) = calendar + ic

Meaning is directly derived from 'calendar' + the adjectival suffix '-ic', indicating relation to a calendar.

Etymology

The word calendric comes from the Latin word calendae, which meant the 'first day' of the month and is the same root as calendar. So something calendric is 'about calendars or the way people measure time'.